The Chicago Tribune reports:
The odds of experiencing a bad commute on the CTA are greater on Mondays and Fridays and during the run-up to rush periods, all because of canceled buses and trains, a Tribune examination of performance data has found.
You say why?
Rampant absenteeism will cost the cash-strapped agency an additional $40 million this year to staff fill-in workers, officials said. The extra expense comes as the CTA is expected to impose a fare increase in 2012 to balance its budget.
An average of 19 days will be lost this year for each front-line employee because of unscheduled missed work — the equivalent of about four weeks each for the 7,882-member bus and rail staffs, CTA projections show. When scheduled days off are factored in, the total averages two months lost for each employee, or about 355,000 days lost, the CTA said.
Just a reminder , those who push public transportation wabt you held hostage to these greedy, overpaid government workers who have a monopoly.
